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quatre

(ˈkætrə; French katrə)
n
(Card Games) a playing card with four pips
[French: four]
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"Vive Henri Quatre! Vive ce roi valiant!" sang Morel, winking.
When Ney dashed upon the advance of the allied troops, carrying one position after the other, until the arrival of the great body of the British army from Brussels changed the aspect of the combat of Quatre Bras, the squadrons among which Regulus rode showed the greatest activity in retreating before the French, and were dislodged from one post and another which they occupied with perfect alacrity on their part.
Stragglers had come in from the army bringing reports more and more favourable: at last an aide-de-camp actually reached Brussels with despatches for the Commandant of the place, who placarded presently through the town an official announcement of the success of the allies at Quatre Bras, and the entire repulse of the French under Ney after a six hours' battle.
About seven o'clock in the morning, with perfectly fine weather, we started from Hospenthal, and arrived at the MAISON on the Furka in a little under QUATRE hours.
"The estate is called Carfax, no doubt a corruption of the old Quatre Face, as the house is four sided, agreeing with the cardinal points of the compass.
I accompanied him until, as we drew level with the Hotel des Quatre Saisons, he suddenly nodded to me and disappeared.
Pres de 12 tonnes de resine de cannabis ont ete saisies en Algerie durant les quatre premiers mois de l'annee en cours, en hausse de 9,55% par rapport a la meme periode de l'annee 2018, selon un bilan de l'Office national de lutte contre la drogue et la toxicomanie (ONLDT).
Quatre ans apres le drame, le restaurant, totalement renove, rouvre ses portes aux clients de la ville ocre.
Quatre personnes sont mortes sur le coup, alors que les deux autres sont mortes a l'hopital regional de Beja.